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I've had some bad experiences too. First band I was in was with a guy who wouldn't let anyone else write music or make a decision and he had a little puppet playing rhythm guitar for him, those guys were plain f**kwits. I still made an effort but we never played a show, only recorded a dodgy EP. We kicked out the puppet because he was an even bigger wank than Mr. Control freak then I had a falling out with him and it dissolved.

Jammed and jammed with lots of people over the years and found myself in a reggae band, playing shows, did a recording, didn't really amass any fanbase. Much easier guy to live with but very egotistical, would put me down at times and cheated me out of $$$ (straight up lied). Cya later. Now in a rock band and dealing with a bass player that is a very average player... wants to talk about music rather than play it, doesn't practice AT ALL, just basically wants to be in control of a band and object to everything to make himself feel powerful. Trying to find a replacement now and there's not much around.

I definitely see bands differently now that I've been in one. As negative as that all sounds/is... I still love drumming and creating music so I'm not gonna give up.

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Had a chick fronting the band, doing vocals and a bit of guitar work, a mate on lead guitar, and myself on drums. We were searching for a bassist, but never found one.

My mate and I were pretty easy-going about it all. Happy to learn ALL the songs from scratch, because all she wanted to play were songs that she knew, which were basically Taylor Swift, Nickleback, and some other over-played rock songs. Tried to introduce her to some other stuff that we digged, but she wasn't interested. It was hard playing with her, because she wanted to lead and play at her pace, which was all over the shop.